Disrespected half of the elders in north African city disgracefully (8)
I believe the answer is:
insulted
'disrespected half' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are past participle verbs, I don't understand how they can define each other.
'the elders in north african city disgracefully' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is located in the answer.
'in' is within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for insulted that I've seen before include "Offended" , "treated with scornful abuse" , "Spoke rudely or abusively to" , "Affronted" , "Treated with contempt" .)